1 inch long dried catkin (fruit cluster) with a peppery, hot, earthly
flavor with spice and floral notes. Break in half and add to soups and sauces,
grind in a mill, or crush with a mortar and pestle. Sometimes called Javanese long pepper, Indian
long pepper, or Indonesian long pepper.
It is a close relative of the black pepper plant. [Cantonese = bat but, cheung jiu • Hindi =
thippili • Italian = pepe di Marisa]

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